USPTO Patents Application 09894675

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COMBINED DECLARATION AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
IN ORIGINAL APPLICATION

As a below named inventor, I hereby declare that: my residence, post office address
and citizenship are as stated below next to my name; that I verily believe that I am
the original, first and sole inventor (if only one name is listed below) or an original,
• first and joint inventor (if plural names are listed below) of the subject matter which is
claimed and for which a patent is sought on the invention entitled:

ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULE FOR TRANSMITTING AND/OR RECEIVING
OPTICAL SIGNALS ON AT LEAST TWO OPTICAL DATA CHANNELS

described and claimed in the specification bearing that title, that I understand the
content of the specification, that I do not know and do not believe the same was ever
known or used in the United States of America before my or our invention thereof, or
patented or described in any printed publication in any country before my or our
invention thereof or more than one year prior to this application, that the same was
not in public use or on sale in the United States of America more than one year prior
to this application, that the invention has not been patented or made the subject of
an inventor's certificate issued before the date of this application in any country
foreign to the United States of America on an application filed by me or my legal
representatives or assigns more than twelve month prior to this application, that I
acknowledge my duty to disclose information of which I am aware which is material
to the examination of this application under 37 C.F.R. 1.56a, and that no application
' for patent or inventor's certificate of this invention has been filed earlier than the
following in any country foreign to the United States prior to this application by me or
- my legal representatives or assigns:

International Application No. PCT/DE01/02077, filed May 23, 2001, the Priority of
which is claimed under 35 U.S.C. §120.

I hereby appoint the following attorney(s) and/or agent(s) to prosecute this
application and to transact all business in the Patent and Trademark Office
connected therewith:

LERNER AND GREENBERG, P.A.
POST OFFICE BOX 2480
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 33022-2480
Tel: (954)925-1100
Fax: (954)925-1101

HERBERT L. LERNER (Reg.No.20,435)
LAURENCE A. GREENBERG (Reg.No.29.308)
WERNER H. STEMER (Reg.No.34,956)
RALPH E. LOCHER (Reg.No. 41,947)

Address all correspondence and telephone calls to:

I hereby state that I have reviewed and understand the contents of the above-
identified specification, including the claims, as amended by any amendment
referred to above.

I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and
that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and
further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false
statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
under Section 1001 Title 18 of the United States Code and that such willful false
statements may jeopardize the validity of the application or any patent issued
thereon.

FULL NAME OF FIRST JOINT INVENTOR: LUTZ MELCHIOR

INVENTOR'S SIGNATURE:

DATE: AOXff.lH

Residence: BERLIN

Country of Citizenship :

GERMANY

Post Office Address:

Grunstadterweg 20
D-12559 Berlin
GERMANY

' FULL NAME OF SECOND JOINT INVENTOR:

VOLKER PLICKERT

INVENTOR'S SIGNATURE:

DATE: 07, 0^

Residence: BRIESELANG

Country of Citizenship :

GERMANY

Post Office Address:

Jochen-F.-Steege-Siedlung 30
D-14656 Brieselang,
GERMANY

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Applicant
Appl. No.
Filed
Title

Art Unit

Lutz Melchior et al.
09/894,675
June 28, 2001

Electro-Optical Module for Transmitting and/or Receiving Optical
Signals on at Least Two Optical Data Channels

ASSOCIATE POWER OF ATTORNEY

Hon. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks,
Washington, D.C. 20231

Sir:

Please recognize GREGORY L. MAYBACK (Reg. No. 40,719) as my associate in
the matter in the above-identified application, with full powers. Please continue
addressing all communications to the following address:

Lerner and Greenberg, P.A.
P.O. Box 2480
Hollywood, Florida 33022-2480

Respectfully submitted,

For Applicant(s) werner h. stemer

REG. NO. 34,956

Date: August 14, 2001

Lerner and Greenberg, P.A.
Post Office Box 2480
Hollywood, FL 33022-2480
Tel: (954)925-1100
Fax: (954)925-1101

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